Thread: 223 mag box length

Originally Posted by rusl

Still trying to think this through, handled a x-bolt today and it was very nice, has the fast twist barrel. If I'm going to something like a 243 or bigger I may as well be using my 308 or sell it and get a smaller deer rifle that can do both. My thinking was a 223 suppressed would be a fair amount quiter than a suppressed 243, 22-250,308 etc or does it not make that much difference.

I don't know if it's just me but I feel a bit odd when people ask me what I'm shooting rabbits with and I say a .243, most people are expecting a 22 and think I'm nuts shooting rabbits with a centerfire. Up here any way, varmint shootings not a big thing up here.

theres a difference between 223 and 243 suppressed sound wise in favor of the 223, but its not a lot